obliquely
adverb
[ ə(ʊ)ˈbliːkli ]
• not in a direct way; indirectly.
• "he referred only obliquely to current events"
Similar:
diagonally,
at an angle,
slantwise,
sideways,
sidelong,
aslant,
athwart,
aslope,
indirectly,
in a roundabout way,
circuitously,
evasively,
not in so many words,
not outright,
• in an oblique direction; slantwise.
• "the strings of the instrument run obliquely away from the player"
